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Japanese-American singer Utada Hikaru, known for themes to Rebuild of Evangelion, Kingdom Hearts and her then-husband's live-action Casshern, has scheduled her first album in the better part of a decade.

The latest issue of Dragon Age announced the release of Trinity Seven anime movie, which is in the works right now. Further details will follow soon, but let me remind you that Trinity Seven TV anime based on the manga series of the same name was ...

Juts months after it ended its run on Japanese television, Toonami has announced that hit anime series 'One Punch Man' would start airing its English dub soon. Sign Up for Newsletter Juts months after it ended its run on Japanese television, Toona...

After a hit tour of Tokyo, Osaka and Sapporo that topped 40,000 visitors, the MadoGatari exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of anime studio Shaft added a Nagoya engagement on May 4-8. During the event, 8,478 visitors voted for Shaft's Best G...

The "Runner's Pai" series of videos featuring gravure models running on a treadmill in bikinis continues with Mai Tsukamoto of Natsu no Mamono! Contributor Wanted! ! Dressed in a tiny knit bikini, Mai nearly falls off the treadmill and into the po...

It has passed just two years since BiS, legendary anti-idol group, disbanded at Yokohama arena. After two years of silence, BiS re-started with the new MV "BiSBiS"! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Contributor Wanted!

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the structures of hierarchy broke down in Japan? Well wonder no more! A Japanese commercial for the strategy card game Hearthstone has become an overseas hit online by pitting the company president again...

By Jenni . July 7, 2016 . 10:25am Another The King of Fighters XIV team has been introduced. Atlus and SNK Playmore have released a trailer for Team Mexico, which is made up of Angel, the King of Dinosaurs, and Ramon.

We can almost hear the collective screams of fans, "No, not again! " When it was announced back in March that popular manga Hunter x Hunter would resume serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine after being on hold for roughly 20 months, the re...

Episode 3 of Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, the short prequel anime series announced in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV release date event, is now available to watch on Youtube here. Check out "Sword And Shield" below: Episode 3 of Brotherhood: Fin...

Square Enix released the latest of their animated series in Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV. The third episode, titled "Sword and Shield," is all about Gladiolus Amicitia, the shield of Noctis' family. Episode 3: "Sword and Shield" And in case you m...

Series director Junichi Masuda made an appearance at Japan Expo that is currently going on in Paris, France right now, where they revealed a new Pokémon called "Salandit" with a new trailer. Here are more details on Salandit from the official webs...

TV A sahi's "Doctor X ~ Gekkai Daimon Michiko ~ SP" starring Ryoko Yonekura as the surgeon Michiko Daimon aired last July 3 and got an average audience rating of 22. 0%. "Doctor X" is a popular drama series that already aired 3 seasons so far.

Atlus announced today that Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse will release in the Americas on September 20, 2016. A physical and digital version was also announced for Europe but without a release date.

Up and coming seiyuu, Natsuko Hara, shocked fans when she announced in her blog that she has been diagnosed with cancer. However, that cancer is still treatable, but she had to sacrifice her appearance on this month's C3_CharaExpo here in Singapore.

The Spring 2016 anime season is now officially over, with some anime ending and some anime continuing on to the new summer season. Japanese anime news site, Animeanime. jp, has asked a total of 820 fans on which anime from the season is the one th...

'それだけで僕はどこまでも走れる气がするんだ' (Sore dake de boku wa doko made mo hashireru Ga suru ndesu) "With Just That, I Feel Like I Could On Running Forever" PUT YOUR PASSION WHERE I CAN SEE IT. DAYS is the most recent candidate for the contemporary sports anime r...

'Dragon Ball Z' is one of the most popular anime series ever created - and for whatever reason, Microsoft is selling the entire first season for free! ( Funimation ) Anime can be a very expensive hobby.

We've got Gantz in the pants and we're doing a dance. And by "in the pants," we mean "on YouTube," and by "doing a dance," we mean "watching a new clip from the upcoming CG-animated film Gantz:O. " Apologies for the confusion.

The last thing we heard about Attack on Titan's follow-up season wasn't good news. Apparently, development for the show had been put on hold until the manga had reached a certain point. According to sources, the director of the anime's first seaso...

Ryutaro Nonomura HYOGO (TR) - Ryutaro Nonomura was a low-profile politician when he was elected to the Hyogo assembly in 2011, and he probably would have stayed that way - until he broke down into a blubbering mess at a press conference in 2014 ov...

Time for some relief, European otaku: You'll get Persona 5 - and more - in your neck of the woods. Atlus and Sega have found a new partner for European publishing. The agreement comes in the wake of NIS America cutting its ties with Atlus and Sega...

The Shiba siblings are not to be underestimated . . . especially Tatsuya! Creative Staff: Art: Yu Mori Original Story: Tsutomu Sato Character Design: Kana Ushida Translation: Andrew Prowse What They Say: It hasn't taken long for Miyuki and her bro...

Variety is reporting that GKids, who has broughts Studio Ghibli movies including Princess Kaguya and When Marnie Was There to America, has acquired U. S. distribution rights to Production I. G. and Keiichi Hara's (director of Colorful and Summer D...

The time has come for another anime acquisition at Crunchyroll and today we bring you Naria Girls, a new show created using the real-time live animation software "Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA". Launch date and regions will be announced later, but f...

Happy Elements Asia Pacific, an entertainment company specializing in smart phone games, has announced the development of a new original anime entitled Idol Memories, which is coming in October of 2016 to Tokyo MX.

The debut of Masou Gakuen HxH has injected some much needed sex appeal into the new anime season, as the naughty series revolves around stimulating its voluptuous heroines so that they can acquire the power needed to fight against aliens - hardly ...

One of the things I love about this series is how it effortlessly mixes breathtaking action and serious drama with silly comedy. This episode begins with an extended joke where Illya insinuates that she and Miyu are having lesbian sex in order to ...

The next issue of Weekly Famitsu Magazine will be announcing new additions to Marvelous and Type-Moon's upcoming Musuo-style action game, Fate/Extella. Their official website has revealed a teaser image from the pages of the issue, and it reveals ...

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